Junior doctors who had hoped to hear from today exactly what the arrangements will be for the single guaranteed interview process in England are unlikely to know until Wednesday or Thursday — on the eve of the Easter holiday. […]
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Remedy UK plans legal challenge
Remedy UK, the organisation behind the MTAS protest marches in London and Glasgow, is to launch a legal challenge to the single interview process planned for junior doctors in England. They’ve enlisted the help of leading lawyers Leigh Day and Co to bring the action, which they are due to present on Monday — the […]
Scotland and Wales go it alone
In the latest move over medical training applications, England remains isolated in its decision to offer applicants just one interview for a post. Wales and Scotland have decided they will each stick to their original plan and continue to offer more than one interview to candidates who are appropriately qualified. Reports that Northern Ireland would do […]
MMC head resigns
The national director of Modernising Medical Careers, Professor Alan Crockard, has resigned over the MTAS debacle. He sent a letter last night to the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, saying he did not feel he could stay and watch what was happening to junior doctors, who seem to have been forgotten in the whole process. […]
Attend your interviews, applicants told
Applicants under MTAS who have already been offered interviews in round one have been asked to carry on and attend these — even if they have more than one interview lined up. […]
Surgeons warn of MTAS interviews’ impact on NHS
The Royal College of Surgeons has warned that the plans to offer all applicants on round one of the MTAS application process an interview will have a detrimental knock-on effect on patient care. Bernard Ribeiro, president of the college, said its council was “increasingly concerned” that patient care may suffer if consultants are asked […]
BMA pulls out of MTAS talks
The BMA has pulled out of talks on the review of MTAS. Proposals issued by the review group last night would have limited each junior doctor to just one interview in the current job round. […]
No news…could be good news?
Despite a meeting of the MTAS review group yesterday, there’s been a deathly silence from the Department of Health on its progress. All that the BMA – one of the group’s members – will say is: “We are using all available avenues to apply pressure on the government to come up with an adequate solution […]
Patience, patients
Handwashing talks are the same the world over. Last time I wrote about handwashing, I got my wrists slapped by my colleagues in infection control. […]
MTAS row hits Westminster
The government’s Modernising Medical Careers agenda, following the MTAS march at the weekend, hit Westminster yesterday as health secretary Patricia Hewitt faced questioning from MPs led by Conservative health spokesman Andrew Lansley. Ms Hewitt reiterated the government’s commitment to a computerised application process, and said the Department of Health would continue to work to ensure […]